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Pliopedia pacifica is an extinct species of walrus found in what is now Central Valley, California, United States, which lived during the late Miocene. It was an amphibious carnivore.[1]
| Pliopedia Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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| Pliopedia pacifica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Odobenidae |
| Genus: | †Pliopedia Kellogg, 1921 |
| Species: | †P. pacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pliopedia pacifica Kellogg, 1921 | |
Discovery
editThe holotype specimen (USNM 13627) was collected in 1909 by Robert Anderson, and consists of pieces of both forelimbs.[2]
Known Pliopedia fossils include a humerus, pieces of radius and ulna from both forelimbs, metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges. They were discovered in the Paso Robles Formation of San Luis Obispo County, California.
References
edit- ^ Kellogg, R. (November 1921). "A New Pinniped from the Upper Pliocene of California". Journal of Mammalogy. 2 (4): 212–226. doi:10.2307/1373555. JSTOR 1373555.
- ^ Repenning, C.A.; Tedford, R.H. (1977). "Otarioid Seals of the Neogene: Classification, Historical Zoogeography, and Temporal Correlation of the Sea Lions and Walruses from the North Pacific Region". Geological Survey.
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